Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta teachers’ union ‘cautiously optimistic’ as fewer COVID-19 cases in schools
EDMONTON, AB - The president of the Alberta Teachers' Association says he is cautiously optimistic after seeing COVID-19 cases go down in classrooms a little over a week after the province lifted a ma...
Feb 23, 2022
WATCH: Health Minister to give COVID update Wednesday at 3:15
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping will provide a COVID-19 update on Wednesday at 3:15. The news conference will be live-streamed at alberta.ca/news.rdnewsNOW will have further coverage after the u...
Feb 23, 2022
Premier to host meeting of Alberta's Ukrainian community
Premier Jason Kenney will convene a meeting with leaders of Alberta's Ukrainian community on Wednesday to discuss how Alberta can provide support to the Ukrainian people against Russian aggression and...
Feb 23, 2022
NDP says no help for Alberta families or businesses in government's throne speech
Alberta's NDP says the UCP's intentions for the coming legislative session don't include any help for struggling Alberta families and businesses, and has no acknowledgement of the harm done to househo...
Feb 22, 2022
Death of an inmate from Drumheller Institution
UPDATE: Feb. 24, 2022The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has charged four people in connection to the homicide of David James Klassen.Charges of first-degree murder have been laid against the following...
Feb 22, 2022
Province renews joint FMA as part of long-term investment in northern Alberta forests
The province announced Tuesday it has renewed a joint forest management agreement (FMA) with two companies in northern Alberta for the next 20 years.The FMA has been renewed with West Fraser Mills Ltd...
Feb 22, 2022
Jobs and health care focus of Alberta throne speech
Provincial government officials say Albertans will benefit from legislation this spring to help create jobs, improve health care, keep streets safe and support the most vulnerable.Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakha...
Feb 22, 2022
Alberta announces Red Tape Reduction Awareness Week
The provincial government is announcing its Red Tape Reduction Week, as part of the 13th annual Canadian Federation of Independent Business Red Tape Awareness Week from Feb. 22 to 25."Alberta is the b...
Feb 22, 2022
Finding unity in division: RCMP officers and Coutts protesters
It did not take two weeks to flatten the curve, but it did take just over two weeks for protests to end in Coutts, Alberta.While streets are just beginning to clear in Ottawa, it's exactly one week th...
Feb 22, 2022
Kenney to make announcement Saturday about pandemic reopening plan
Albertans should know on Saturday if the province will go ahead with the second phase of its pandemic reopening plan.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says that's the day he'll announce a decision.Kenney s...
Feb 22, 2022